I can almost name all the states!

I'm flying for work today. Although a delay in New York caused me to miss my layover in North Carolina to Texas, this is the first flying trip that hasn't elicited tears in... quite a while!

The Charlotte/Douglas airport is deluxe. Although I've been trying to lay off the ice cream, how could I resist some fat free soft serve Dutch Chocolate. And a Pizza Hut? I'm hungry and I don't remembered the last time I had pizza. Okay so maybe I'm filling my empty heart with empty calories but this is so much fun! I feel like I'm in a mall.

I get a per diem. Regardless of my meal costs, I get the full amount. So at first I was all "I AM ONLY GOING TO EAT CRACKERS AND NET LIKE FIFTY DOLLARS EACH DAY, SUCKAS" but then I realized- yo, I can have a wonderful travel experience. When else can I guilt-free spend money on delicious airport treats? NEVER.

Plus- I'm sitting on a white rocking chair listening to a wonderful piano player. Seriously! When the bunch of us on the plane found out we had missed the transfer to Houston, the other ones all started shouting at the US Airways people "YOU LOST MY LUGGAGE ON THE WAY HERE", "MY WIFE ALREADYYYYY WANTS A DIVORCE AND NOW I'M MISSING HER BIRTHDAY, THANKS" and "I HAVE SUUUURGERY TOMORROW". With all the yelling, I got first in line for customer service. For the next flight I got the 85th seat on a 86 person flight. I was going to stick around and watch the other 4 duke it out for the last seat but I was afraid that surgery woman would guilt me out of my ticket so I booked it.

Anyway here is the woman playing wonderful music:I'm also sitting near a USO? Which is like where all the military personnel can chill between flights? Lots of camo and buzz cuts. How fun! Anyway, I have to catch my flight. Updates on Texas to come!